Armed conflicts and attacks
Italian police mount an operation against an al-Qaeda inspired cell in Sardinia claimed to be in operation since 2005. (NBC News)
Three members of a United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been abducted. (AFP)[permanent dead link]
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Iraqi Army Brigadier-General Hassan Abbas Toufan and three other officers are killed in a targeted car bombing in Anbar province. (AP via New York Times)
Boko Haram insurgency
Boko Haram recapture the border town of Marte from the Nigerian Army. (AFP via France 24)[permanent dead link]
Balochistan conflict
Pakistani human rights campaigner Sabeen Mahmud is killed by gunmen after attending a seminar on Balochistan’s "disappeared people" in Karachi. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
Armenia commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire. (BBC)
Former American Olympic Games champion Caitlyn Jenner announces that she is a trans woman. (CNN)